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fondness for theological science. He published 

 for some years a Review, of which he was 

 the sole editor, and for the most part the only 

 writer, in which he discussed, with great abil- 

 ity and logical clearness, the profoundest ques- 

 tions of theology. In 1866 the University of 

 New York conferred upon him the honorary 

 degree of LL. D. During the latter years of 

 his life he was blind, but his treasured stores 

 of learning were a great source of comfort 

 to him. 



June 3. PAGE, HUGH NELSON", a captain in 

 the U. S. Navy ; died at Broad Creek, Va., aged 

 73 years. He participated Jn the battle of 

 Lake Erie, under Commodore Perry, Septem- 

 ber 10, 1813. 



June 9. GREENE, JAMES MONTGOMERY, a 

 surgeon in the U. S. Navy ; died in Philadel- 

 phia, aged 76 years. He was a native of Ire- 

 land; appointed from Pennsylvania; entered 

 the service April 29, 1825, and was appointed 

 a surgeon January 3, 1828. Most of his service 

 was on shore, his total sea-service amounting 

 to thirteen years and ten months. He was 

 placed on the retired list under the longevity 

 act of December 21, 1861. 



June 13. KRAUSE, DAVID, an eminent jurist; 

 died at Norristown, Pa., aged 71 years. He 

 was President Judge of the Seventh Judicial 

 District of Pennsylvania, 1845-'51. 



June 15. MoMAHON, Hon. JOHN VAN LEAR, 

 an eminent lawyer in Maryland ; died at Cum- 

 berland, in that State, aged 71 years. He ap- 

 peared in public life when very young, and 

 soon gained a wide reputation as a political 

 speaker, as well as a prominent position at the 

 bar of Baltimore. He is said to have contrib- 

 uted more than any other man to the pros- 

 perity of the Jackson party in Maryland, which 

 he afterward deserted on the United States 

 Bank question. He took a conspicuous part in 

 the campaign of 1840, and presided at a great 

 ratification meeting, where Clay, Webster, and 

 Preston, made speeches. He was a man of 

 great learning and elegant culture. He left 

 one published work, " An Historical View of 

 Maryland," which is a standard authority upon 

 the early history of the province. About the 

 year 1855 his sight nearly failed him, and he 

 relinquished his legal practice. A younger 

 sister of Mr. McMahon was the wife of the 

 Hon. 0. L. Vallandigham. Much of his time 

 during the latter years of his life was spent in 

 Ohio. 



June 22. DIVAL, IRA, late State Superin- 

 tendent of Public Instruction in Missouri ; died 

 at Baraboo, Wis. He was closely identified 

 with the public schools of St. Louis for a pe- 

 riod of over twenty years. 



June 23. WYERS," WILLIAM F., an eminent 

 scientist and teacher in Westchester, Pa. ; 

 died there, aged 60 years. He was a native 

 of Germany, a graduate of Heidelberg and 

 Leipsic, and had distinguished himself there, 

 when he was compelled to leave Germany in 

 1342 in consequence of his being a member of 



one of the patriotic secret societies. Coming 

 to this country, ignorant of our language, lie 

 at first accepted employment in the Chrome 

 Mines of Chester County, Pa., but soon de- 

 veloped such abilities as to secure a position 

 as teacher and eventually as the principal of 

 the large Scientific and Military Academy in 

 Westchester, Pa., where he continued till his 

 death. He was an able writer, and a man of 

 the highest personal character. 



June 24. CHASE, WILLIAM H., lieutenant of 

 Engineers, U. S. A. ; died in Philadelphia, aged 

 27 years. He was born in that city April 25, 

 1844, received his early education at German- 

 town, and entered the Military Academy at 

 West Point, June 10, 1861. Upon his gradua- 

 tion in 1865 he was commissioned second- 

 lieutenant in the First Artillery, and after six 

 months' service was promoted to first-lieuten- 

 ant, and June 2, 1866, was transferred to the 

 corps of engineers. He served with the en- 

 gineer battalion at Willet's Point, N. Y., until 

 May, 1868, during which time he acted as bat- 

 talion quartermaster, and on recruiting-service 

 for his corps, and was then ordered to report 

 to General G. K. Warren, at St. Paul, Minne- 

 sota, where he remained until April of last 

 year, when he was ordered to San Francisco 

 on engineer duty. While serving at St. Paul 

 he was directed by General Warren to proceed 

 to Gettysburg, Pa., to make a topographical 

 survey of the battle-field, a work which he 

 executed with the utmost exactness, complet- 

 ing it in the summer of 1869. This is the 

 only one of the battle-fields of the war that 

 has been surveyed by order of the Govern- 

 ment, and Lieutenant Chase's work is a monu- 

 ment of his ability as an engineer, as well as 

 an invaluable contribution to the military his- 

 tory of the war. While in California his health 

 failed so rapidly that, in March, 1871, he was 

 relieved from duty, and ordered to report in 

 Philadelphia, whither he returned to die. 



June 27. PERRY, Hon. THOMAS, an eminent 

 lawyer and former member of Congress from 

 Maryland ; died in Cumberland, aged 63 years. 

 He was a native of that State, and a Repre- 

 sentative in Congress from 1845-'47. He was 

 also Circuit Judge from 1851-'61, and from 

 1864-'71., 



June 2*7. ROBBINS, AMOS, a leading Demo- 

 cratic politician of New Jersey ; died in New 

 Brunswick, aged 60 years. He was a man of 

 high character, and greatly esteemed in the 

 community. He had been for several terms a 

 member of the Assembly, and for three terms 

 a State Senator; and in 1864 and 1870 was 

 elected President of the Senate, an office which 

 he filled to the satisfaction of all parties. He 

 had also been, some years since, collector of 

 customs at Perth Amboy. He would have 

 been, had he lived, a prominent candidate for 

 the governorship. 



June 27. SANDERSON, Colonel J. P., a 

 prominent lawyer and politician of Florida ; 

 died at Jacksonville, aged 57 years. He was 



